Toy motor-vehicle



W. O. McDANIEL.

TOY MOTOR VEHICLE. APPLICATION FIVLED sum: 15, 1918.

I Patenteu r; 26, 1921.

WITNESS.- INVENTOR:

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UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE.

WALTER 0. IIICDANIEL, OF INDKANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE H-K TOY &; NOVELTY (10., OF INDIANAFOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

TOY MOTOR-VEHICLE.

1 '0 all to ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, i/VALTEP. O. MODANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy lvlotor-Vehicles of which the following is a specification reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a toy that is de signed to be moved either by pulling it or pushing it, and has reference more particularly to an imitation of a motor vehicle that is adapted to have either a truck body or such style body as may be desired; the invention having reference also to steering apparatus for the toy.

An object of the invention is to provide an interesting and instructive toy for small children which shall be of simple and inexpensive construction and not be liable to serious injury with rough usage.

Another object is to provide an amusing and harmless toy which shall be so constructed as to represent or have the appearance of a real motor vehicle, and which may be principally constructed inexpensively of small pieces of wood and so that it shall be adapted to be inexpensively painted or decorated to give the toy a realistic appearance.

With the above-mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in a novel construction in toy vehicles and more particularly in novel steering apparatus adapted to be set to guide the vehicle in a definite course; and the invention consists also further in the novel parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and further defined in the accompanying claims.

Referring to the drawings,-Figure l is a side elevation of the toy constructed substantially in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the toy, Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the toy; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section approximately on the line IVIV in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal vertical section approximately on the line V-V in Fig. 3; and, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a number of connected parts of the steering apparatus.

Similar reference characters in the diiferont figures of the drawings indicate like.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Serial No. 240,256.

parts or features of construction referred to in detail.

The toy has four wheels 1, 2, 3, 4, and as preferably constructed each wheel is composed of a single piece of wood and has a hub 5 in which is a journal bore 6, a thin web 7 extending from the hub, and a rim 8 on the web formed to imitate a pneumatic t re in appearance, being approximately cylindrical in cross section. The toy has a front axle bar 9 and a relatively longer wooden rear axle 10, each being approximately square in cross section. Two frame bars 11 and 12 are rigidly secured upon the axle bar 9 and extend divergently each to the other to the top of the rear axle to which they are rigidly secured. A filling piece 13 1S secured upon the axle bar between the frame bars. The axle bar 9 has slots 14c and 15 extending inward from the two opposite ends respectively of the bar and are normally positioned horizontally. Two stub axle bodies 16 and 17 are provided which are approximately square in cross section and have pivot ears 18 and 19 on one end thereof respectively that are fitted respectively into the slots 14: and 15 and connected with the axle bar by means of vertical pivot pins 20 and 21 respectively. The opposite end of each stub axle body has a socket 22 therein in which an axle journal 23 is rigidly se: cured, the outer end of the journal having a collar 24 integral thereon. The axle ournal extends through the bore 6 of the wheel, the wheel having a side bearing against the end of the axle body and being retained in place by the collar. The remaining wheels are similarly mounted on the axle portions.

The frame of the vehicle has a floor board 25 which is secured upon the frame bars 11 and 12 and the filling piece 13. A block 26 composed of wood is suitably shaped to rep resent one of the well known styles of engine hood as to external contour and is secured upon the floor board 25, the forward end of the block being painted in imitation of a radiator. A dash board 27 is secured to the rear end of the block, and a wooden block 28 designed to represent a seat is secured upon the floor board 25 rearward of the dash board, a seat back 29 being secured to the rear side of the seat block. A suitable vehicle body 30 is mounted upon the vehicle frame back of the seat back 29. The forward portion of the vehicle frame has bufier blocks 31 and 32 thereon which preferably are composed of extensions of the frame bars 11 and 12 respectively.

A novel steering shaft 33 is provided which has a crank arm 34L- integral with its lower end, the being at an obtuse angle relatively to the shaft and having an eye 35 on its end. The shaft is arranged at an inclination in a guide bore 36 made in the block 26 at an inclination, the shaft extending through a guide hole 8? made in the dash board 27 and also through an aperture 38 in the floor board 25. tube 89 is arranged on the shaft 33 and has a beveled end seated against the rear side of tie dash board 27. A steering wheel a0 is suitably secured to the upper portion of the shaft and is supported upon the upper end of the tube or casing 39 to support the steering shaft. One of the stub axle bodies, 17, is provided with an eye a1 on its rear side for controlling the stub axles. A connecting link 42 is provided which has an eye 43 on one end that is connected with the eye 41, and another eye 44 on its opposite end that is connected with the eye 85. The eyes on the link are disposed at right anglee each relatively to the other to afford substantially pivotal connections with the eyes 35 and 41.. The forward sides of the stub axle bodies 16 and 1'? are suitably provided with coupler eyes a5 and d6 respectively, a coupler rod l? being provided that has pivots 48 and 49 integral thereon which are arranged in the eyes 45 and if) respectively, the eyes supporting the coupler rod.

A pair of painted wooden blocks 50 and 51 made in imitation of head lights suitably mounted upon the buffer blocks ill 32 respectively. The vehicle may be variously painted and ornamented, and different colors may be used to make the toy attractive.

In practical use the vehicle is rolled upon the ground or upon. the floor, and the steering wheel may be turned so as to swn the arm 34 for guiding the forward wheels. There will be slight frictional resistance of the steering shaft in its guides, so that when the steering wheel L0 is set either to cause the vehicle to follow a straight path or to follow a curved path the steering apparatus will ordinarily remain set until manually changed. When the toy is built in the larger sizes a child can ride thereon and manipulate the steering wheel.

Having thus destribecv the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a toy motor vehicle, a front axle comprising a wooden axle bar having a slot extending horizontally in each of its two opposite ends, two wooden stub axlebodies having each a relatively thin pivot ear on one end and a socket bored horizontally in the opposite end thereof, the latter end being squared, the ears being arranged in said slots respectively and pivoted to the axle and wooden axle journals secured in said sockets respectively and having each a collar integr therewith.

2. In a toy n vehicle, the combination of a frame, a pl 1 lity of wooden axle memto support frame, each axle member having a squared end and a prepared cylinr ieal soclret ther in, a plurality of wooden wheels having axle bore therein, and a plurality of wooden axle journals extending t axle bore of the wheels respectively an nto the soclret of the axle mems respectively and non-removably secured 1, each of said journals having a coliegrai therewith at the outside of the aogacent wheel.

3. ln a toy motor vehicle, the combination with a rear axle, and wheels on the axle, of an axle bar composed of wood and approxicely square in cross-section, Wooden stub e, pivoted to said bar, wheels on the stub es respectively, two frame bars secured *1 ectly to the top of the axle bar and to the top of the rear axle, a filling piece that square in cross-section secured directly to the top of said her, the filling piece extending to said frame bars, a floor board secured upon the frame bars and said filling piece, two solid wooden blocks spaced apart upon said h d secured thereto and apted to imitate an engine casing and a. espectively, and a steering shaft ro-- city guided by the solid block that is in itation of said casing.

l. lIn a toy motor vehicle, the combination with a rear axle, and wheels on the axle, of a. wooden ZLULG bar, two frame bars secured he axle har and the rear axle, two wooden pivoted to the axle bar, wheels l les espectively, a floor board i the frame bars and having an acent to the axle bar, a secured upon the floor perture, a dash board se- T and having a guide hole l with said. bore, a shaft exa trough and guided in said bore aid apert e and also in said hole, a tube loosel;

1 7 embracing said shaft and seated on said casi board, said tube extending A top of said shaft, a wheel seshaft and supported upon said to support said shaft, a crank arm on -V shaft, and connections between said vnd said stub axles.

toy motor vehicle comprising in coml :on an axle bar, a rear axle, two frame i s cured to the top of the axle bar and ext -c ng diveryently each from the other to the rear axle and secured directly thereto,

, piece secured to the axle bar be tween said frame bars, Wheels rotatable on the rear axle, stub axles pivoted to the axle bar, wheels rotatable on the stub axles re-' specti'vely, a floor board secured upon the frame bars and the filling piece and having an aperture therein, a block formed to imitate an engine hood and secured upon said board, said block having a guide bore therein extending from said aperture, a dash board secured to said block and having a guide hole therein alining with the upper end of said bore, a steering shaft guided in said bore by said block and also in said aperture and said hole, steering connections between said shaft and one of said stub axles, a coupler connected with said stub axles, a seat composed of a solid block secured upon said floor board, a body behind said seat supported on said frame bars, and imitation lamps on the forward portions of said frame bars. a

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER O. MoDANIEL. lVitnesses:

E. T. SILVrUs, F. M. Roman. 

